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| (...) I think publicity is a factor, but eBay has such a critical mass of buyers and sellers that there will always be enough people available to fill the compressed activity. This is why eBay's stock price is so high - wall street is betting that (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| Jaco van der Molen wrote in message <3731A925.49F36B1C@g...lxs.nl>... (...) missing a (...) low (...) box, (...) couldn't (...) missing a (...) "Missing Piece" case is not an impossible thing for TLG, but highly rare actually. My first and only one (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Elements 2000 - Now Accepting Bids!
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| ===...=== E L E M E N T S 2 0 0 0 ===...=== W E ' R E U P !: ---...--- We are now ready to accept your bids. Our tweaking is done, our lists are updated. We're ready to roll! Point your browser to (URL) check out all the new parts at low opening (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| Hi. Hope I can jump in here and ask where a newby who knows he's in the deep end in computer science discussions, - knows he's taking in water, coughing and spluttering but loving every minute of it - go to ask elementary questions like: What's a (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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| Kevin Wilson (...) At the risk of sounding negative, these didn't work as well as I'd hoped. Perhaps I couldn't get the right ones - what I got were drawers/trays about 6-8" deep, 4" wide and about 3" high. They stacked so I tried that. It worked (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| Hi, I have a research question. In the "Everything Lego" unofficial links section there was a listing for a site that was wall to wall pirate displays, a bar, an island, a fortress, more ships and figs than I could count. The site was huge. If (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) [snip] (...) make (...) Normally I would use the cat-tracks for this, but it wouldn't be a perfect turn there. For a pivot turn, I would use two of the "monster" wheels geared down as they can really rip if you don't! Put skids on the front (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) windows, (...) I agree! I use almost the same system: 1x2, 1x3 and 2x2 L plates 1x4 - 1x10 plates 2x2 - 2x16 plates 4x X plates, wings, etc. everything 1x1 (plates and full-hights) everything with no studs on it 1x2, 1x3 and 2x2 L bricks 1x4 - (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) I dunno. They look like plain ol' pixels to me. Heyyyyy, waitaminute holdyerhorses stopyergrinninganddropyerlinen. This particular area of my screen is exhibiting almost fractalistic qualities. Each of the little squares is really *eight* (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| This is one of my favorite sites for LegoSurfing. Of course this curved wall link begs the question: What is the best way to acquire the 1x1 rounds (especially white ones)? I can see R2-D2's body materializing in Legos in front of me, but I ran out (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) I think that is coincidental, not related. (...) Look at European Trains for 1999. (...) The SW sets are not cheap, but they aren't as outrageous as they might be... (...) That one is bizarre. Especially since they weren't due for three more (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| "Stephen Rusnak" <stephen.rusnak@home.com> wrote in message news:GF7pt9.2Gt@lugnet.com... (...) I still have the UCS Speeder Bike DATs from nth-dimension, if you still want them I can mail to you. Dan (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: I'm coming to trade!
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| Hi Dave and everyone, I have building parts from a Sail/Fly Marina to trade, and a load of other parts as well. In addition to maybe your town instructions, I'm looking for: Runway/Airport base plates Bricks, Regular Color Number Notes 2x10 White 1 (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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